Sunday 1 April 2012

Personality - cont...notes...Psychology. Stage Models

(Erikson, Vaillant and Levinson)  All stage models attempt to describe normative personality change.  Changes in personality may be associated with age, that are universal and common to most members of a population.  Most stage models postulate, "Life Task" that occur in a certain sequence and if not accomplished, development to the next stage may be weakened.

1.  Erikson:  Balancing positive and negative tendencies.  For Erikson, personality is balancing or harmonizing each of which appear at a particular age and a given stage.  Stage 6 is "intimacy vs isolation crises" meaning that deeper social commitments are essential to healthy development.  Stage 7 "Genervativity vs Stagnation" whereby through teaching or mentorship one assists others in reaching their goals and in this way one makes a lasting contribution.  At Stage 8 "Integrity vs Dispair" one reflects and see the whole of life, without disturbing regret and wishing to return to do it again and differently.  Each stage has a virtue of devotion to another stage, to the virtue of a widening commitment to others, to the virtue of wisdom about life.

cont...........with Valliant......... 

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